DAMSELL (DAMOSEL), William (by 1521-82), of London.

Family and Education

b. by 1521, s. of one Damsell of Devon. educ. Oxf. m. Margaret (d.1563), da. of John Berney of Reedham, Norf., s.p.; 1da. illegit. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Lansd. 109, f. 192; PCC 34 Tirwhite; R. Griffin and Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, Kent, 58; Newman, W. Kent and the Weald, 141.

Offices Held

King’s factor, the Netherlands 1546 – 52; gov. Merchant Adventurers, Antwerp by Apr. 1550 – Mar. 1552, Lewisham g.s., Kent 1574 – d.; receiver-gen. ct. wards Dec. 1550 – d.; j.p. Kent 1558/59, q. by 1573/74; commr. Rochester bridge 1571, 1574, musters, Kent 1573.LP Hen. VIII, xx, xxi; O. de Smedt, De Engelse Natie te Antwerpen, i. 187; ii. 72; CPR, 1549–50, p. 311; 1560–3, p. 438; 1569–72, pp. 34, 278; 1572–5, pp. 194, 327; APC, viii. 19.

Parlimentarian

DAMSELL (DAMOSEL), William (by 1521-82), of London.

Main residence: London.

Author

R.J.W.S.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

DAMSELL (DAMOSEL), William (by 1521-82)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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